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kCHl'Sfinancial policies to be reviewed GARDENS RETIREMENT RESIDENCE 45 Martin St. Milton owned and operated by Milton Millennium Community Residences Is seeking a Treasurer Please contact Kari Reichert (905) 693-8592 (905) or 854-9897 The Champion Conservation Halion (CH) wjii orin an ad hoc finance committee, pending board approvai, in response to a recommendation made by Haiton Region thai the agency review its financiai policies and fon-nai. The recommendaîjon Io form a finance committee was presented by an ad hoc Someone who lives or works in North Halton and who has * Assisted women in achieving their full potential " D)emonstrated professional excellente *Given back to the community? It could bc a fniend, colleague, employer, teacher or someone from yorîr faith community. What hetter way to acknowiedge their contribution, than to nominate thein for the AIFIENA Award. HeIp us bonour and celebrate the contributions of individuals who mentor women. Nofnhnatkm form cam be dçwnkaded fromn www.adanaothaton.ca Lma irdiers ai 905-875-2275 or âbnch«atàenanonhhalumca Val Pakkaia x 905-877-5727 or vpakkaiadenanrddulatmnca CH to respond te tise Region's recommien- dation -ai Thursday's executive commit- tee meeting. and was approved. It wiii go before CH's board of directtîrs Thursday. In December, Haiton Region 1s tî1 nance and administration commîîîee recom- mended budget approvais by the Region 1I nancial polîcies andi tomnai lh seemtngiy alluded to tension hetween CH and the Region. "Relations between tise Region of Haiton and Conservation Haiton have been diffi- cuit and deteriorating in some areas," reads the report of CH's financiai review con- mincee. "It appears that soi-ne unnecessary dîfficulties have arisen based on dîtter- ences in reporting formais and comimuni- cations." The finance commîittee sswhich wîli bc a subcommittee of the executive commit- tee -wiii revîew CH's annual budgets and tînanciai torecasts and make recom- mendations to the executive coînmitîee, among other tasks. 1I think il maltes a lot of sense 10 have such a commiîtee in certain respects," said CH executive committee member Chris Waiker. In addition 10 fonsting a finance commit- tee, the review commiitee recommended the budget formai be revised for ciarity. "1Wbile it doesrî't solve ail areas of frie- lion wiîh the Region, it's the recommenda- lion of the committee ihat Conservation Haiton deveiop a revised budget formai," said financiai review committee chair John Vice. The committee aiso recommended Tbursday that CH's externai relations com- mincee examine a duplication of efforts poinied oui by Regionai Chair Joyce Savoiine hetween CH and the Region, and create a joint strategy to minimize duplica- lion and reduce cosis. Each of the recommendations was approved. Stepitanie Thiesse,î can be reached at sthiessein tiltotanadiatc-hanpion.com. (muAIII - - ý,,COGECO TaIk to Milton's Retirement Planning The Riding Team (905) 876-2400 www.ridingteam.ca *I nvestiment Douglas Riding Planning Counsel'- BA, CFP, FMA iP( [[i f [ t1 ýcIp C 4 , 1 Q: Do pu èaa'e penie ,avestmient Qh égie?' A:For a balance'ti portioii incindi'. 1. Plis sica1 artivitN 2. teaithys eating :3. Your doctors ads ic wý wp